Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-31

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THE SEMINARY ALLIANCE.-The eighth
annual convention of the Inter-Semiuary
Missionary Alliance closed here last night at
Christ Church with solemn exercises.
On Saturday evening, after the GAZETTE
report closed Mr.. Wilder, of the Union
Theological Seminary, made an address, in
which he said that he and Mr.. Forman, OF
Princeton. had made q canvass of the colleges
and Summaries of the United States, ana
opnd in them l 800 men who expected to
devote their lives to foreign missions. One
hundred and thirty of these come FROM
Oberin alone Before the close OF the meet
iag paper was passed about among the
Students for the signatures of those who
we're willing and desirious Of going to for.
eyn mission fields and large number, were
obtained.
AT the business meeting the treasurer )
report. Slowing some $500 in the treasury,
was read. An executive committee, with
Mr. Mansell as chairman, and some other
committees were then selected At night
Christ Church was filed, and Rev. DR.. Will
linn Elliot: Gritlis, OF Boston. discoursed on
cody Jealousy" He urged that missiona
,i1. crnfne themse selves 10 the simplicity vi
III G ,spet, and he not Disturbed by themes
such us ..,roba;iou, which had now ils storm
c.ptres in Massachusetts vuage, and had
twisted the sword Of the spirit into cork
screw"
Yesterday the delegates held. at 80, early
prayer meeting at the Baptist church, aud at
go'clock n conservation meeting az Trinity
NJ Z Cbnrch.
A. $50 O'Clock Rev Il A Goodwin i,sin
cpa of Bishop Payne Divinity School, at
Petersburg, discoursed at the N. Z. Cbu,cn
South on "On Inc best method of Evangeliz
Ing the Negro" "rhers are" said he ri
leas! seven millions ofnegroes in ;ha United
States who are neither pagans, heather, in
Gdes, Mohammedans, Jews, nor Christians,
and yet they are very religious people"
He said thev prolessed to believe in Chrisi
and Vet did not perform his work.. The
Ten Commandments had no meaning for
them ~ code of morals By which to reGu
late their lives. They regarded them as ap
plying only to the white man. Remembrance
with them did not mean turning from sio
Their faith was in dreams ard superstitlons,
and the conversion was but :hs rehearsal OF
formula committed to memory. Thou
sands of the race had risen from their 9eera-
dalton. bat they We're mainly in the cities,
where they had been brought into contact
with Christian men and women. He BE-
lieyed the Southern men could teach better
because tbev knew more ahont the race
Heretofore there had been feeling OF
dis,rust between the North and the
South that had led Northern people to
rive large sums directly to the negroes
thus helping 10 build up their false re
lgon. Tney had costly churches and
prayed and sung ard preached as only their
race could do, and at the same time they
were living in open violation Of the Seventh
Commandment, and thought it no harm TO
steal or to lie, if they were not found out.
1t was rare thing to ind one OF them
not member of the church.
He was glad to be able to say that the
prejudice that had diverted the efforts
of the two sections into different
channels had died out, and Gcd
had bound tie nation together. The col
ored people insist on having preachers and
teachers Of their own color, and in order to
give them these The children must be taught
in church schools, where they could be re.
The paper concluded with an earnest ap-
peal for help in the work OF evapgelizing
the negroes OF the South.
At Christ Church last night the last SEES
sion of Inc convention was held. DR.. Nell
sou, of Lane Seminary, delivered an address
and number of missionaries from the for
eigu fields narrated their experiences. The
sessions of the Alliance have been very sue.
cessful IN awakening deep interest in mis-
sions amcrg the theological students of the
country.
The students and ministers attending the
Inter.Seminary Missionary Alliance left to.
day Tor Washington, and while there called
On the PRESIDENT in body.